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T W IC E W EEK ♦ G resham J utlook VOL. I.a. NO. 14 GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTA JUDGE STAPLETON HEARD BY RADIO R adio fans, both old and young, w ere given an u n u su a l tre a t la st W ed n esday night in an old-tim e p rogram and dance, th e dance called by “our G eorge” and b roadcasted by KGW. "B ackw ard, tu rn backw ard, O tim e in your flight. Make me a child again, ju st fo r to n ig h t.” T h a t's probably w hat m any older p ersons th o u g h t w ho “ listened in ” la st W ednesday night w hile Judge S tap leton called th e old-tim e dances, Sam and W ith W alker played th e fid dles and eight couples "trip p e d th e lig h t fa n ta stic ,” w ith probably all of th e lig h tn ess b u t not all th e fan- t r sties and suggestiveness of th e m odern fox tro ts and w altzes. F o r th e very p ro p er dances w ith w hich th e judge is m ost fam iliar and w hich w ere th e p le asu rab le p astim e of those now in the fifties and sixties w ere the V irginia reel, sq u a re dances, q u ad rille s and sch o ttisch es. T hese a re w h at Judge S tap leto n in his clear, ste n to ria n voice directed w ith th e old fam iliar calls. T he judge says the W alker b ro th e rs know how t o 'p l a y for th e old dances. You ju s t c a n ’t keep your feet still w hen they fiddle th e old tunes. T he pro g ram consisted of a ta lk by th e judge on th e early day pastim es, follow ed by th e dancing, and old- fam iliar songs by Mrs. F re d Olson. T he p rogram gave a th rill to th o u sands of listen e rs, m any of them so fa r aw ay from th e pioneer days w hen such e n te rta in m e n ts w ere p opular th a t th e ir m inds w ere refre sh ed w ith th e p leasan t m em ories of childlyx>d an d youth. T h at th e e n te rta in m e n t w as highly ap p reciated is evidenced by th e fac t th a t n ea rly a hun d red le tte rs have been received by th e O regonian r e fe rrin g to th e pro g ram and m any r e ca llin g early ac q u ain tan c e w ith Judge S tap leton and a few women w rote th a t they rem em bered dancing w ith him —w ell, th irty , or forty, or m ore y ea rs ago, w hen he and they w ere y o unger, alth o u g h people, though g ra n d p a re n ts ^ o w , cannot be said to be old if th ey can ap p re cia te still and p a rtic ip a te in the fun of form er years. T he O regonian h as tu rn ed th e se le t te rs over to Ju d g e S tapleton and they have served to re c a ll m any happy m em ories. T he le tte rs cover a wide are a, from so u th e rn C alifornia to C anada and sta te s fa rth e r east. Juniors to Present Play Friday Night T he finishing touches a re being put on the play, “Come Out of th e K itc h en ,” w hich w ill be presented on F r i day evening, A pril 20, a t th e high school gym nasium by th e ju n io r class of th e high school. T he tic k e ts a re selling well. T h ere a re still some good ones to be had a t th e G resham D rug sto re and D avidson's P harm acy. T he play is by A ugustus Thom as. It is being directed by Mrs. D. B. E vans of th e high school faculty. M ildred M etzger is b usiness m anager, G uerney Wood sta g e m anager. D oris Z im m erm an and Ray S trong, p ro p e r ty m anagers. T he m usical p rogram w ill include th e E aton b oating song, "A ll P u ll T o g e th e r,” by th e ju n io rs and "S o u th e rn M em ories" by th e boys’ q u a rte t, 'I s o th e follow ing num bers by th e o r c h e stra : "S w anee River Moon," H P itm an C lark e; "Moonlight Schot- tlsch e ,” A sher; "L ove's G reeting," S a tu t d' A m our; and “ P ilg rim ' C horus,” W agner. F ollow ing is th e ca st of c h a ra c te rs; B urton C rane, from th e N orth, H en ry Lum iay. Solon T u ck e r, his atto rn e y and guest. Wm. F ritz. Paul D aingerfield, alias Srailhfleld, E dw ard Schenk C h arles D aingerfield, alias B rindle- b ury, Leo Bailey. Randolph W eeks, agent of the D aingerfield*, E dw ard S outhard. T hom as L efferts, sta tistic a l poet. R ay Strong. O livia D a m g ,. field, alias »"” e E llen, D orothea Sm ith. E lizabeth D aingerfield, a lia s A ra- m iuta. Rose P o tter. Mrs. F a lk n e r. T u ck e r's sister, G eòrgie S tapleton C ora F alk n e r, h er d au g h ter, V alet - ta Macaw. A m anda. O livia's black m am m y, C lara Mason. G irls This is Unfair. ‘ W hen I w as shipw recked,” said C aptain B ow sprit, “I cam e acro ss a trib e of wild w om en w ho had no to n g u es.” "Good G ra cio u s!” cried th e fair m aiden. “ How could th ey ta lk ? ” “T hey c o u ld n 't!” replied th e old salt. "T h a t's w hat m ade 'em w ild."— P e a rso n 's W eekly. W h at you w a ^ 7 7 h ? n \ o n w an t P aa you w an t it — W a n t ad. it. Bailee* 52 Hours. MULTNOMAH COUNTY FAIR PLANS FOR UNUSUAL ATTRACTIONS, SHOWS, RACES . , | Special B a y s F air Week July SI to Aug. I. T uesday—O pening and P a trio tic Day. W ednesday—G range and F a rm e rs' Day. T h u rsd ay — G resham an d C hil d re n 's Club Day. F rid a y — P o rtla n d an d Civic Clubs Day. S atu rd ay — E verybody's Day. "L ift-th e-D eb t" Day. P re sid en t H. A. Lew is, T. R. H ow itt, Miss A lm a Cum m ings, young S an A ntonio, T exas, lady who beat , F ra n k H einey, Theo. B ru g g er and h er form er 27-hour reco rd by 1 Tom K reuder, fa ir board, a re ab o u t dancing for over 50 hours. W ithin th e la st w eek th re e new dance re c th e b u siest m en in M ultnom ah coun- o rd s have been hung up by H us ty th ese prom ising sp rin g days, for ton, T exas, d an cers. Miss M agda in addition to c a rry in g on each m an lene W illiam s, w ith 65 h o u rs and 53 m inutes of continuous dancing, ! his ow n la rg e b u sin ess o r farm a f holds the title for tim e. Louis fa irs, they in d iv id u ally and co llectiv e K essler had danced for 65 h ours and 38 m inutes, w hen ru led off the ly a re p lan n in g th e com ing M ultno floor because he could not keep the m ah co unty fair. step. He holds th e long d istance cham pionship for men. Miss Goldie I t's no 3inall ta sk th ey have on H ughes and V. V. V estal hold the hand. The fa ir is deeply in debt and couple long d istan ce record, h av ing danced for 40 h ours and 45 m uch depends on th e su ccess of th is m inutes. Miss H ughes w as ca rrie d y e a r ’s fair. E v ery m em ber feels th is ofT th e floor a fte r 53 h o u rs of d an c and hence is try in g m ost ea rn estly ing. I t is estim a ted th a t one m ile and co nscientiously to m ake th e w is an hour is th e d istan ce covered by est an d best p lan s possible. long distan ce dan cers. T he long Besides, the fa ir com es ea rly and distan ce craze in th is co u n try w as sta rte d by F re n ch and B ritish i a ll its d etails w ill on th a t acco u n t dancers. T hey have been eclipsed | ta k e m ore c a refu l p lan n in g th a n by A m erican devotees. j ever. In addition, th is y e a r's fa ir is ' to tr y o ut th e new p lan fo r a clean | fair, free from th e u su a l easily g o t te n and g en erally a ttra c tiv e and p ro f ita b le concessions w hich have come to be tabooed and outlaw ed by the . m ore m o rally sen sitiv e people of th e T he O utlook, in co operation w it* j c and ’ hence new a ttra c tio n s th e M usical A rts club of G resham , haye be (ound T his m ean8 m ore h as adopted th e policy of en c o u rag th a n m ost people th in k . T h e board ing every w o rth y m usical activity is try in g to m eet th e new dem and. w’ithin the ra n g e of local p atro n ag e, How w ill it tu r n o u t? W ill th e peo w hich w ill include m any affairs in ple atten d ? W ill th e m a jo rity of fair- P o rtlan d , T he object is to give in goers, who w an t se n satio n s and r a th form ation, en co u rag e th o u g h t, p a tro n e r enjoy being fooled out of th e ir age, know ledge and love and a p p re m oney be satisfied w ith th e new o r ciatio n of m usic and d ram a tic a r t in d er and recom m end th e fa ir to th e ir all b ranches. Only by th is develop frien d s? m ent can Gresha'm becom e a m usical T h e m em bers of th e board look com m unity w hich w ill help to m ake it an d a c t to an o b serv er as if they w ere o u tstan d in g an d h ig h -class in m any h ap p ier in th e con scio u sn ess of c a respects. te rin g to a m ore co n stru c tiv e elem ent B eginning w ith th e F lonzaley strin g q u a rte t, tom orrow night, th e com ing week w ill be sp ecially a ttra c tiv e and varied m usically. Among th e o u t sta n d in g events, w hich w ill benefit an y who can a tte n d a re th e follow ing: T he Flonzaley S trin g Q u artet, April 1 '. Ilellig T h eater. T his q u a rte t Is p resen ted in P o rt land by S teers & Com an and is w ith out doubt the m ost fam ous o rg an iz a tion of its kind in th e w orld. It is 20 y ea rs old and h as played for 17 su c cessive seasons in A m erica. ‘'F lo n zaley" is from th e Sw iss and m eans "b ro o k let.” “ Books and F rien d sh ip ,” le ctu re by H ugh W alpole, P o rtlan d L ibrary, April 1». Mr. W alpole is an E nglish novelist and c ritic , ra n k s am ong th e g rea t nov elists of th e day. He is an e n te r ta in in g sp e ak e r and enjoys a larg e ac q u ain tan c e of a u th o rs and books. . TUESDAY, APRIL 17. 1U23 In th e com m unity In ca rry in g o u t th e new p la n s and If th e finances tu rn out sa tisfac to rily th ey w ill d oubtless be com m ltteed to th e new o rd er, b u t th ey c a n 't com e back an d say, “ I told you so.” T h ere is som ew hat of a feeling of d esp eratio n on th e p a rt of th » board an d th o se w ho have pledged to aid them to prove th a t th e new p lan can be m ade a su ccess financially and so everybody is g ettin g down to th e h ard and n ecessary work. Beason tic k e ts have been provided and a re in th e h an d s of th e com m ittee re p re se n tin g th e v ario u s asso ciatio n s th a t have pledged th em selv es to sell 2000 tick ets. A m eeting of th e com m ittee w ill soon be held and plans m ade for a stre n u o u s cam paign. It w ill have to be a sw ift one as only ab o u t 100 days rem ain till fair o p en ing on Ju ly 31. At la st n ig h t's board m eeting th e special days w ere designated as g iv en at th e head of th is article. T he ladies of th e B aptist Guild, having applied for th e ca fete ria co n cession. w ere g ran te d th e sam e on th e sam e term s an d co nditions as last year. T his w ill in ju r e sa tisfac to ry service and everybody w ill be happy w hen w ell fed. H. J. P u lfer w as chosen to fill th e office of fair se c re ta ry , and being an expert ac co u n tan t he will be able to tu rn over th e books an d reco rd s of th e 1923 fair in condition to p ass gov ern m en t inspection, if th a t w ere n e cessary , though it is not likely th e re wiU be a n -v iucom e t a * to be Pa id - T. J. K reu d er is in ch a rg e of g ran g e ex h ib its and say s th e g ran g e s a re show ing much In terest and w ill come th ro u ch w ith th e ir usual fine exhibits. H e also has ch a rg e of all ^ lte r ta in - m en t featu res to be p u t on by various o rganizations. It Is proposed to ask th a t G resham tjike a h alf holiday on T h u rsd ay and put on a big b u sin ess and civic p ar- rade. P o rtlan d has been asked to do the sam e on F rid ay and It is said Mayor B aker is favorable. T he opening day on T uesday is to be m ade one of th e big days of th e five. It is proposed to open w ith a p arad e of d ecorated au to s, w ith prizes for th e best featu res. G overnor P ierce h as been asked to m ake th e opening ad d ress at th e g ra n d sta n d before a m u ltitu d e of people who w ill show th e ir loyalty by atten d in g on o p en ing day. T h ere will be th re e days of h o rse racing, w ith tw o sta n d ard events each day and a special race, w ith good purses. N egotiations a re being m ade for a h o rse show for th e five evenings of th e fair. It is hoped to se cu re th e McCleve show , w hich w as such an a ttra c tio n at th e livestock show last fall in P o rtlan d . U nusual e n te rta in m e n t fe a tu re s are beirqt planned for every day and ev ening, In th e way of plays, p ic tu re show s, and stu n ts, besides a r a ft of leg itim ate am u sem en t fe a tu re s to keep everybody busy and happy. T h ere w ill be no end of a ttra c tio n s and p le asu res and exhibits and th rills and w onders and e n te rta in in g and ed u catio n al featu res. Believe me, some fair! Bet y o u r life. I'll be th ere! T he use of th e fairg ro u n d s w as g ran te d th e com m ittee for th e Je rse y Ju b ilee c a ia v a n e n te rta in m e n t on May 29. T he board voted to include th e races on Ju ly 4th in th e N orth Pacific asso ciatio n p ro g ram w hich will In su re a fine p ro g ram of rac es on th a t day for th e Legion celeb ratio n . T he board w ill m eet again next Monday night. Don’t Spring This One, Boys. “ I co u ld n 't th in k of m a rry in g him. H e said his h e a rt w as in his m outh every tim e he looked a t m e.” “W ell, he m u st c a re a g re a t deal for you." “B ut I could nev er m a rry a m an w hose h e a rt w as not in th e rig h t place." th e new nu m b ers of w hich will be th e Cariman "T h u n d e rb lrd S u ite,” p ro m ised e a rlie r in th e season. Miss Novaes is a p ia n ist of a tta in m en t and charm . She is a B razilian by b irth , dnd in th e few sh o rt seasons sin ce m aking h er co n c ert deb u t has A W ant Ad w ill sell w h at you do Benefit R ecital, F .w K ohert Schm itz achieved high acclaim . not need and get w h at you do need. and Eva G au th ier, M ultnom ah Ho te l B allroom , April 23. T h is m usical is for th e benefit of the A m erican field serv ice fellow ships for F ren ch u n iv e rsitie s and is being sponsored by a la rg e n u m b er of P o rt land m usician s an d m usic lovers. E. R obert Schm itz Is know n as a m u sical m odernist. H e is a F ren ch p ia n ist of su p rem e m e rit and an a r tis t of high attain m en ts. He m akes his hom e In New Y ork and h as become th e m usical rag e in A m erican in sti tu tio n s devoted to m usical develop m ent. E va G au th ier w as train ed for the op era and m ade h er debut In Pavia, Italy , as C arm en. She sang In Lon don at th e Covent G arden. She is one of th e celeb rated mezzo so p ran o s of the day. She Is a F rench-C anadian , hv b irth , but she has gained a w ide | follow ing on both sides of th e A t lantic. She is a r a r e a rtis t, and as th is is h er first visit to P o rtlan d , more th a n usual in te re st is evinced in h er ! com ing, aside from th e w o rth in ess of ) the cau se she rep rese n ts. T he concert will be a su b scrip tio n I affair, and th e num ber of tic k ets is ) lim ited. It w ill pay G resham m u sician s to h ear th e se a rtists. Pitches Horseshoes I’e rtla n d S j iiiplnmy O rrh esfra af Hellfac T h ea ter. A pril 25. T his is the final co n cert of th e season . to be given by th e P o rtlan d Sym phony 1 o n h estra , C arl D enton, conductor, w ith G olom ar Novaes, p ian ist, as a s sistin g a rtis t. T he o rc h e stra has chO8en * P « tlc u la r ly d elig h tfu l pro- gram for Its clo sin g co n cert, am ong $1.50 Per Year ] Mrs, C. A. Lanham , of Blooming ton, 111., pitching 2 H pound horse shoes, h as a record of thirty-five ringers in winning the sta te cham pionship nt A urora. She challenges the world. COUNTY SOIL SURVEY MAP SOON READY (MELVIN J. BRUGGER» T he soil inap and re p o rt of M ultno m ah county, based on th e soil s u r veys tak en by th e fed eral b u reau of soils and Oregon experim ent station, w ill be published and av ailab le for d istrib u tio n w ith in a few weeks. This soil su rv ey w o rk h a s been c a rrie d on th ro u g h o u t th e W illam ette valley for sev eral y ea rs and th e field w ork is now com pleted in six counties. Linn county field w ork w ill be com pleted th is sum m er and th e re will rem ain the m apping of L ane and M arion co u n ties in o rd er to com plete the survey of th e valley. T he soli m ap and r i^ o r t of W ash ington county has ju st been received from th e p rin te r. T his w ork costs about tw o cen ts a m ile or equivalent to th e cost per county of o n e-h alf m ile of paved road. Official sam ples of every soil type are collected and subm itted to th e a g ri c u ltu ra l chem ist for an aly sis. A naly tical w ork h as been com pleted for Y am hill, M ultnom ah, and Benton counties, also Jack so n and Josep h in e counties. A fter th ese an a ly tica l te sts have been m ade, th e w ork is fol lowed up by field fe rtility ex p e ri m en ts on th e leading ty p es of soil. T he an a ly ses in d icate and th e field tria ls confirm th e needs for in c re a s ing production of different soil types, says W. L. P ow ers, chief of soils at O. A. C. T he soli survey rep o rt, he says, is of g re a t value to th e farm er as it gives him in fo rm atio n as to th e m ethods of soil m ain ten an ce and m anagem ent. It form s a b asis for th e in tro d u ctio n of new farm crops, new p ractices, and Is a v aluable guide to th e d eterm in atio n of Irrig a tio n soils It guideR th e county ag en t and soil sp ecialist In advising se ttle rs. The rep o rt also serv es as an invoice of the a g ric u ltu ra l reso u rce s In the county, and lays th e foundation for in v estig atio n s for developing a p e r m an en t system of a g ric u ltu re for ev ery kind of soli and every fnrm. Oregon ex p erim en t sta tio n bulletin 185 gives a p relim in ary re p o rt on the. m anagem ent of W illam ette valley soils. It co n tain s chem ical an aly sis of soils for th e low er valley counties and gives som e reco m m en d atio n s for reclam atio n and im provem ent based on re su lts of Oregon soil in v estig a tions. T his bu lletin is now av ailab le at th e college. Watching Them Grow TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS UNION HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES NOTED T he school y ear la rap id ly draw ing to a close. Only six m ore w eeks of school rem ain, w hich m eans but 30 days of schooling. W arm w eather is here but it is going to be n ecessary for some of th e stu d en ts to ra ise th e ir g rad es r a th e r th a n let up in th e ir work, w hich is th e usual th in g w hen w arm w eath er comes. P a re n ts are urged to ca re tu lly p eruse th e re p o rt ca rd s and com m unicate w ith us in th e event any w ork is u n satisfacto ry , says P rin cip al Roy E. Cannon of th e high school. We w ere q u ite u n fo rtu n a te con ce rn in g o u r c n a irs for th e g y m nas ium. They cam e and 24 w ere deliv ered so th a t wo could a rra n g e for th e seating. T he 24 cam e on Monday ev ening, A pril 9, and th e o th er 476 b urned in th e fire in P o rtla n d of th e Heywood-W akefleld F u rn itu re com pany. No one need w orry about am ple seatin g for next F rid ay n ig h t as th e re w ill be plenty of ch a irs. T hose holding reserv ed se a ts should bear in m ind th a t no rese rv a tio n s w ill be held afte r 8:15 and th e play w ill s ta r t on tim e. If you com e late you m ay be asked to w ait u n til th e conclusion of th e first act before you a re seated. We a re figuring on a com plete fire alarm system for th e high school. At p rese n t th e system is not satisfac to ry and th e law req u ires an ad equate fire a larm In every school. T he Junior play w ill be p ast h is to ry afte r next F rln a y evening. We a re now p lan n in g on a d eclam atory co n test w hich will he given some tim e In May and to w hich th e public is co rd ially invited. We expect to m ake th e co n test of th is y ear b etter th a n evpr before. L ast F rid a y at M olalla th e best high school baseball team in th e sta te w ent down to a 6-5 defeat. Union Hl p rac tica lly throw ed th e gam e aw ay by poor base ru n n in g and o th er m is plays but we a re n ot discouraged and expect to play th e r e s t of o u r sched ule In such a m an n er th a t W oodburn, Oregon City, W est Linn and Canby high schools will know they have op p onents w orthy of th e ir steel. L ast n ig h t tn a p rac tice gam e ag a in st F ra n k lin Hl of P o rtlan d we won by a one-sided sco re of 13-1. In o rd er to ed u cate th e public to. not drive onto th e baseball diam ond a t S tapleton field we sh a ll close th e en tra n c e th a t is u su ally used and th e d riving m ust be done via th e au to sheds. T his is n ecessary because a p ark in g will be m ade in fro n t of th e gym nasium and th e ground Is p ack ing too h ard to work. High school w as closed th is a f te r noon because th e law m ade It neces sary to d o s e school on acco u n t of the g o v ern o r's proclam ation. We ce rtain ly ap p re cia te th e people w ho assiste d In ta k in g th e team to M olalla by going and co n trib u tin g the use of th e ir cars. Mr. Squire, Mr. S o u th ard and H. D. Bailey very kindly helped us solve th e tra n sp o rta tio n problem . ’ P a rt of th e c a rs took th e play ca st from M olalla to W oodburn, w here they w itnessed "Come Out of th e K itchen,” p u t on by th e W oodburn high school. • T he baseball sch ed u le for th e school on th e hom e g ro u n d s is as follow s: May 4 W est L in n ; May 11 W ood b u rn ; May 18, Oregon C ity; and May 25 Canby. Wo a re hoping to play th e city cham pions of P o rtla n d and a re p lan n in g a b arn -sto rm in g trip to th e co ast via C orvallis, P hilom ath, Alsea, W alport, N ew port an d Toledo. One new stu d en t, O tis Tow nsend, freshm an, reg istered th is m orning, rom ing from F ra n k lin high. T his b rin g s the to ta l re g istra tio n to 261, divided am ong th e classes as follow s; seniors. 48; Juniors, 53; sophom ores, 62; freshm en, »5, and post g rad s, 3. BAPTIST ANNUAL MEET II AS BEEN POSTPONED T he an n u a l m eeting of th e B ethel B aptist ch u rc ^, w hich w as fixed a year ago for A pril 20, h as been post poned to W ednesday evening, A pril T he ch an g e w as m ade on a c count of th e high school e n te rta in m ent to be given on A pril 20. Re p o rts from all d ep a rtm en ts w ill be re ceived a t th is m eeting and officers will be elected for th e en su in g year. Next Sunday evening a special p raise service will be held, w hen the la rg e ch o ru s ch o ir, w hich ren d e rs such splendid service, will be a s s is t ed by a selected q u a rte t and a rea d er from P o rtlan d . P a sto r B arry will de liver th e serm on in connection with fhe m usical program . M other and d au g h ter w alking on the boulevard see young lady w ith u n buckled galoshes flapping in th e breeze. L ittle d au g h ter says, "M am ma, Is th a t one of th o se b o o tleg ger^ th a t p ap a ta lk s about?" B usiness Is looking up for highw ay ro b b ers In New York City. T he tw o w ell-dressed m en who held up Ja c k H arris, a clo th in g m a n u fa c tu re r, had a sleek sev en -p assen g er lim ousine and a uniform ed chauffer. »